Andreas

As well as Polish Copper I think Hitler would have been far more interested in North Africa if he had known how much oil the Italians were sitting on in Libya. Germany did have the Austrian oil fields and progressive access to Rumania, but as for all the other rarities like Chrome, Tungsten, Manganese, Aluminium and Rubber had to come from somewhere.

Could the USSR have filled this shortfall? The question is would they have been willing to?

Jumbo

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